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Wisdom House act as an umbrella organisation for Wisdom Community Centre and Wisdom House College. Wisdom Community Centre is a community resource centre offering diverse services for individuals and families. We work with those who are need of services that are not easily accessible for them. We advocate and work in partnership with these individuals. Services include: free holistic counselling and advisory services to victims of domestic violence and individuals in crisis, youth mentoring, debt management workshops, and family conflict resolution.

We provide a number of different activities for the local community from women's group, children's activities, opportunities for older generation to meet together, support for debt, housing, benefit advice and a drop in cafe style service. People are able to get fed alongside some company and obtain advice on a number of issues. More vulnerable members of the community are able to receive a warm welcome and support from volunteers who are available to talk and sit with people of all ages and background from the local community.

Our mission is to reduce health inequalities and improve health and wellbeing in our local community in Dartford. We achieve this by delivering and facilitating projects that offer a range of opportunities for training, volunteering, social interaction and community engagement. Volunteers, who take an active role in the direction and delivery of our services, lead the majority of our projects. Activities include cookery clubs, computer classes, a job club, art and craft sessions, English for Speakers of Other Languages, exercise sessions, a gardening club, a Men’s shed project and community and repair cafés.